Notaro is famous for the artful, exquisite, poignant way she has used comedy to speak about her battle with breast cancer.

In One Mississippi, Notaro plays a character also named Tig, and the series very closely mirrors her own life.

In both season 1 and season 2 (the latter aired this past September 8), she explores the effects of being molested by her step-grandfather.

This is only in the fictional show. Tig Notaro has not stated, publicly, that she, the actor, was also molested. And if so, by whom.

Whether or not this really happened to her, she nails the absurdity of these histories¾the way many of us carry around pedophilia memories like a goddamn colostomy bag. We’d like nothing more than to ditch these bags of shit, but we can’t.

Another thing I love about this program is how the main character has many conversations with her family members about her abuse. Of course, they don’t understand why she’s still talking about all this…But she gets through to them….

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This is a blog about healing from sexual violation, as well as from any other issue that can keep us from enjoying the full experience and expression of our sexuality. It’s inspired by my journey seeing 15 practitioners and trying 30 different modalities so I could rid myself of the last vestiges of my childhood sexual abuse. Along the way, I learned the cutting edge of trauma recovery, female pleasure, overcoming bedroom dysfunction, and having awesome relationships. The pink couch is where I share where I learned, and where I hear from you too. So pull up a chair…

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